Hawks already shopping Sharp

The Blackhawks have talked to Toronto about Patrick Sharp, among other clubs, according to a team source.Where those discussions go now is unclear, but what is clear is that players like Sharp ($4 million), Dustin Byfuglien ($3 million), Kris Versteeg ($3 million) and Cam Barker ($3 million) are available because a movable contract today may not be movable a year from now if the player doesn’t perform next season.

And contracts will have to be moved before 2010-11, the result of the Hawks’ bungled salary-cap situation that threatens the future of their young core.

Between now and the fall of 2010, they’ll need to move about $15 million worth of contracts in order to sign their big three RFAs and put together a full roster.